Canadian businessmen charged with drug smuggling

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Canadian businessmen charged with drug smuggling: "Two B.C. entrepreneurs are facing drug-smuggling charges after U.S. authorities found two people hiding in the woods of a Washington park with marijuana-stuffed backpacks stashed nearby.
Christopher Andrew Neary is a former director of marketing for Telus and helped create the successful animal adverts it uses. He also owns Frank Communications, a Vancouver advertising agency, dates a celebrity fitness instructor and, according to letters of support filed in U.S. District Court, volunteers teaching art to Grade 6 students.
Daryl Paul Fontana, 37, is a married father of three, a successful triathlete and owner of a popular fitness business, Playground Fitness, in his home town of Duncan, B.C. His wife, Candace, his partner in the gym, is president of the Cowichan-Duncan Chamber of Commerce.
Both have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, conspiracy to import marijuana and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
They have pleaded not guilty, and have been released before facing trial by jury starting July 6. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 10 years.
The pair were arrested alongside another man found in the woods nearby, and the driver of an SUV which arrived in the area during the police search. A fifth man was later arrested at a Washington hotel."